Hellraiser II is far and away the best sequel, but Pinhead's screen time and role is essentially the same as in the original. Pinhead is only the main villain in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth and Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, but they aren't very good IMO. Hellraiser III is very campy and joky and is more like a slasher flick, while Bloodline was butchered by the studio, resulting in the director taking his name off the movie which was replaced by the dreaded "Alan Smithee" credit.

Do you think you would have enjoyed Hellraiser if not for the popular misconception that Pinhead is the Freddy Kruger of the Hellraiser franchise?

Hellraiser II is far and away the best sequel, but Pinhead's screen time and role is essentially the same as in the original. Pinhead is only the main villain in Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth and Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, but they aren't very good IMO. Hellraiser III is very campy and joky and is more like a slasher flick, while Bloodline was butchered by the studio, resulting in the director taking his name off the movie which was replaced by the dreaded "Alan Smithee" credit.

Do you think you would have enjoyed Hellraiser if not for the popular misconception that Pinhead is the Freddy Kruger of the Hellraiser franchise?

I couldn't have said it better.

I'm glad Pinhead wasn't in the first two films a lot, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. It made his appearances more impactful.

Do you think you would have enjoyed Hellraiser if not for the popular misconception that Pinhead is the Freddy Kruger of the Hellraiser franchise?

I probably would have. I've always thought through the years that Pinhead was like Freddy, Jason, Chucky and Michael Myers. Someone that goes on a killing rampage. I'll give Hellraiser 2 a shot sometime this week.